Theos-Talk Archives (February 1997 Message tl00549)

On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, JRC wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Feb 1997, M K Ramadoss wrote:
> > Liesel:
> > Do you recall I had posted a msg on the closing of ES by AB for a year and
> > how it was reopened.
> >
> > One of the reasons that some of the then leaders of TS told AB was that
> > without some external/outside restriction(pressure) the members could not
> > self-control and self-police themselves. Does it not say something? Grown
> > ups need not be told what to do and what not to do?
>
> Yes! I've long thought that it is not getting into the ES, but rather
> managing to get oneself kicked out of it that marks one's fitness to meet
> the Masters. The extreme psychological pressure that accompanies the
> rigors of the path - as hinted at in the Mahatma Letters - would seem to
> require people with stoutness of heart and depth of character who would
> hardly have anything left to learn by prostrating themselves before the
> authority of the likes of the ES leadership ... who have not even gotten
> to the point of discrimminating between spiritual qualities and social
> convention.
>
> I propose the creation of the first Theosophical Merit Badge: A snake
> swallowing its tail, enclosing the interlaced triangles, inside of which
> is a picture of Chuck with a huge sardonic grin on his face - representing
> the attitude of one who has understood the bizarre illusions spun by the
> ES - the Badge to be given to those who quit the ES ... with added
> clusters for those who go a step further and actually disturb the
> propriety of the leadership enough to get themselves thrown out.
>
> If the SD, the ML, and other glimpses of the Adepts seem to indicate
> anything, it is that those beings desire humans capable of standing erect
> on their own feet, not those still desirous of resting on their knees.
>
> 							Tee Hee, -JRC

  IMHO, TS and TSA would be a very dynamic organization today if we had
someone like Besant to lead the charge. Besant in spite of what some of
us may think her mistakes, she is from the trenches so to speak -- a
person who has worked with the London poor and can see understand their
conditions and can charge ahead with causes directed towards social
improvements. It is that emphasis that was responsible for the huge
expansion that took place in TS during her time. There is a nice
description of her in an article Dora Kunz wrote years ago and I will
post an excerpt soon.

 I think if each one of us came up with our ideas how we can actively
participate in local issues involving the poor and needy and the
suffering, over a period of time a momentum can be built up for Theosophy
without the oversight or shortsight of the administration. Action is what
is needed most.

 The general tendency in some circles to replace our favorite god or
saviour with one of the gurus and just falling their feet may do some
good for our psyche and a sense of comaraderie with similar minded folks,
but does no good to any of our fellow men and women and creatures. A look
at ML clearly indicates that They want action and results. Hope some of
us can do what ever little we can and help however little.

Just my HO.

MKR

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